"Responsible Party"

As most of my regular readers know, I love sports analogies. At times, life situations can be illustrated by sports with amazing clarity.

In baseball, we have an owner, a manager, umpires and ballplayers. In America, we have the people (owner), the government (manager and coaches), umpires (court system) and players (states). Each member of this group has certain responsibilities to carry out in order to play a successful game. When any member doesn't fulfill their area of responsibility, there are problems in the "game". The manager can't play all the positions during the game, yet he is ultimately responsible for the failure or success of the team. A manager can't run out of the dugout, across the field, knock down the right fielder and try to catch the ball; he would be perceived to be a fool and a man who had no confidence in the team. The right fielder wasn't trying to do the manager's job by catching the ball; he was fulfilling his responsibility to the team. The right fielder had a better perspective on the play than the manager; he was right there, not across the field. Both the manager and the right fielder must follow the rules of baseball or the umpire will step in and enforce the rules.

As we speak, the Department of Justice is in Federal Court protesting the Arizona immigration law. They believe that only the Federal government has the right to enforce our border laws. Arizona believes that their citizens have the right to be protected by all law enforcement officers in all criminal situations, including protection from criminal illegal aliens. Arizona also argues that the Federal government has not fulfilled their responsibility of securing our border; therefore, Arizona took necessary action for protection and security. The Arizona law is a mirror of the Federal statute; it expands nothing and allows police to do their job, serve and protect.

There have been several theories about why the Obama administration is fighting this immigration initiative; one of the most talked about is that this administration is pandering to the Hispanic votes in America in order to gain an edge in the next election. Obama and his minions have offered horrific scenarios of police arresting people as they take their children out for ice cream, or walking down the street to buy a newspaper. As we see the law revealed,we see how ludicrous this type of rhetoric is.

I wonder if Mr. Obama is sure he wants to win this battle? If Barack Obama is successful in this quest, then he must accept all the responsibility of everything that happens on the Arizona border. Every robbery, every burglary, every theft, every beating, every rape, every murder perpetrated by an illegal alien on the citizens of Arizona will now be the total responsibility of Barack Obama. He refused the help of the Arizona government in the protection of American citizens. My Dad once said "Be careful of what you wish for, you may get it!"